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Pure Food
written by James Harvey Young, 1915-2006 (1989) (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989, originally published 1989), 336 page(s)
'Pure food' became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivi...
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written by James Harvey Young, 1915-2006 (1989) (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989, originally published 1989), 336 page(s)
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'Pure food' became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movemen...
'Pure food' became the rallying cry among a divergent group of campaigners who lobbied Congress for a law regulating foods and drugs. James Harvey Young reveals the complex and pluralistic nature not only of that crusade but also of the broader Progressive movement of which it was a significant strand. In the vivid style familiar to readers of his earlier works, The Toadstool Millionaires and The Medical Messiahs, Young sets the pure food movement in the context of changing technology and medical theory and describes pioneering laws to control imported drugs and domestic oleomargarine. He explains controversy within the pure food coalition, showing how farming and business groups sought competitive commercial advantage, while consumer advocates wished to promote commercial integrity and advance public health. The author focuses on how the public became increasingly fearful of hazards in adulterated foods and narcotic nostrums and how Congress finally achieved the compromises necessary to pass the Food and Drugs Act and the meat inspection law of 1906
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Date Written / Recorded
1989
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
James Harvey Young, 1915-2006
Date Published / Released
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Topic / Theme
Regulatory commissions, Drugs and pharmaceuticals, Food safety, Laws and legislation, Safety inspections, Public health awareness, Pure Food and Drug Act, 1906, The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913)
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Copyright © 1989 by Princeton University Press
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